Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) EU-ACP: A threat to development?

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome

Arrival of participants, EP "Spinelli" building at Wiertz Street, entrance procedures and access to ASP 1G3 room.

09:30 - 09:45 Opening

Opening speech:

Francis Wurtz, France, MEP, president of GUE/NGL

09:45 - 11:30 Presentations

Chairman: Helmuth Markov, Germany, MEP (GUE/NGL), president of the International Trade Committee

The State of play of the EPAs negotiations and alternative proposals

Marc Maes, Belgium, 11-11-11 NCOS, Stop EPAs campaign

The Impact of EPAs on Africa's development

Dot Keet, South Africa, Fellow at the Transnational Institute of Amsterdam, of the South African Peoples' Solidarity Network and of the continental African Trade Network

EPA's and food sovereignty

Mamadou Cissokho, Senegal, president of ROPPA, peasant movement of West Africa

EPAs, TRIPS and the health situation in Africa

Vittorio Agnoletto, Italy, MEP, International Trade Committee of the EP and JPA EU-ACP

An Alternative to EPAs for Southern Africa

Timothy Kondo, Zimbabwe, ANSA - Alternatives to Neoliberalism in South Africa

Concerns of ACP countries

Ambassador of ACP country, EPA negotiator (tbc)

The social movements and the global fight against EPAs

Alexandra Strickner, Austria, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)

11:30 - 12:30 Debate and Closing

Chairman: Jens Holm, Sweden, MEP (GUE/NGL) International committee and JPA EU-ACP

Debate with the participants

Closing speeches:

Caroline Lucas, UK, MEP (Greens-EFA), International Trade Committee, EP Delegation for relations with Mercosur

Luisa Morgantini, Italy, MEP (GUE-NGL), vice-president of the EP, member of JPA EU-ACP

Room ASP 1G3. Languages: DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT

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